Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 791 Sisterly Love
After spending the morning in bed as "President Li," Li Luo emerged from the bedroom feeling refreshed and went downstairs to drive to the market to buy a lot of groceries.

After returning home, she went into the kitchen and got busy, returning to her old ways to cook a good meal for the family of four.

Xu Youyu, on the other hand, rested in bed for a long time. Only after smelling the aroma of food wafting from the corridor did she manage to turn over, climb out of bed, go into the bathroom for a quick shower, and change her clothes.

When she arrived in the living room, Ying Chanxi had just finished her work at the company and came in from outside, changing into slippers.

"Did you just get up, senior?" Ying Chanxi put her bag on the counter by the door and casually asked Xu Youyu.

“Yeah.” Xu Youyu plopped down on the sofa, then lay down on her side, yawned, and replied, “My back aches, I’m exhausted.”

"You can't always stay up late and sit for long periods of time." Ying Chanxi thought that Xu Youyu's back pain was due to long hours of typing in front of the computer, his fondness for working late into the night, and the occasional secret beer to boost his inspiration.

So he kindly reminded her, "You used to go for a morning run with us before National Day, but two months have passed and you haven't run with us even once."

"What if my health keeps getting worse?"

“Look at Li Luo, she goes to the gym regularly, and she’s fine even if she works in front of the computer for long periods of time.”

"Okay, okay." Xu Youyu sighed on the sofa. "Xixi, you're just like my mom. You act like a nagging mother when you get home."

"I'm just concerned about you." Ying Chanxi walked to the sofa and sat down, a helpless expression on her face. "It's better than Aunt Cui, isn't it?"

“Of course.” Xu Youyu chuckled after being reminded, then sat up and hugged Ying Chanxi tightly. “Then I’ll listen to you. How about we go for a morning run together tomorrow?”

"Really?" Ying Chanxi was a little surprised. She didn't expect that just because she said it, Xu Youyu would change her mind and actually go for a morning run. She couldn't believe it and looked Xu Youyu up and down. "Senior, don't just talk the talk, walk the walk."

"What are you talking about? I promised you, and I'll definitely keep my word." Xu Youyu patted her chest. "She's your senior, after all. How could I go back on my word?"

"That's good." Ying Chanxi cheered and said with a smile, "I'll wake you up tomorrow morning, and the four of us will get up together."

“No problem!” Xu Youyu said proudly, puffing out her chin, as if she had really decided to go for a morning run because of Ying Chanxi’s kind advice.

At this moment, Li Luo finished cooking and came to the kitchen door, calling the two of them in to help serve the dishes.

So Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu got up and went into the kitchen. While serving the dishes, Ying Chanxi also mentioned that Xu Youyu had promised to go for a morning run with her.

Upon hearing this, Li Luo looked at Xu Youyu with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. When Xu Youyu winked at him, Li Luo found it quite funny.

This method of cooking fish in two ways has finally made Xu Youyu understand the solution.

What was clearly a morning run to pay back interest was twisted into her saying she was following Ying Chanxi's advice.

However, thinking that this would make Ying Chanxi happier and strengthen their sisterly relationship, Li Luo pretended not to know anything and let them be.

Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu cleared the table, brought the steaming dishes to the table, and then went to get bowls and chopsticks.

Li Luo walked all the way to the piano room door, knocked, and then pushed the door open, saying to Yan Zhusheng, "Come and eat."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng obediently stopped playing the piano, got up and followed her out. After washing her hands, she sat down at the dining table.

The four people sat around the table, eating and chatting.

"Zhusheng and I are going to Aunt Yuan's place this afternoon. What are your plans?" Li Luo asked.

“I’ll go with you guys.” Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes at him. “This is the first time Douyin has opened up its live streaming function. They’re taking it quite seriously. Miao Yifeng brought the Douyin technical team here specifically to provide technical support.”

"If any problems arise during the live broadcast, they are on-site and can make timely adjustments."

"So even if you two hadn't gone, I would have still gone to keep an eye on things and coordinate with the Douyin team."

"Aunt Yuan's studio isn't even under our name yet, and you're already taking over?" Li Luo chuckled.

"Aunt Yuan told me this in private," Ying Chanxi said softly. "Anyway, it will be affiliated with our studio next year, so she wanted me to get used to it in advance and get to know the people in the studio."

"That's good." Li Luo nodded to indicate that there was nothing wrong with it, then looked at Xu Youyu and asked, "Where's Sister Youyu? Want to go and join in the fun?"

"I'm not going," Xu Youyu shook her head. "I still have to write this afternoon."

"You were writing yesterday afternoon too, but you still dragged your feet until the early hours of the morning before you finally finished," Li Luo teased with a smile.

"Do you think everyone is a freak like you? Writing a novel without even a draft or an outline?" Xu Youyu rolled her eyes when she heard this. "I'm already in the later stages of writing, and I'm completely overwhelmed."

The novel "Gu Dao Chang Qing" has now reached 1.8 to 1.9 million words and will soon break the 2 million mark. The plot has also gradually transitioned from the middle to the later stages.

As the protagonist's level-up gradually reaches the pinnacle of humanity, the increase in status and power leads to a decrease in immersion and a drop in the density of satisfying moments.

Therefore, Xu Youyu had to maintain the exciting moments of the plot without interruption for too long, while also recalling some important foreshadowing and groundwork laid in the early and middle stages.

Then, following the order and framework, gradually gather all these messy lines together.

This is a huge test for an author.

In fact, aside from the initial period when readers first started reading online novels, some readers may actually read a book from beginning to end.

As you grow older and read more and more books, it becomes increasingly difficult to finish reading a web novel.

Often, people get bored halfway through or towards the end of the book and then suddenly give up.

Or perhaps you initially thought you'd just put it aside for a while, but as you put it aside, you found yourself unable to pick it up again.

One reason is that online novels are too long. If you stop halfway through, it's easy to forget the plot and characters that happened before if you want to pick them up again.

On the other hand, online novel authors tend to write more easily in the early and middle stages, but their ability to control the later stages varies greatly.

Few people can handle the ending of a story well.

If you can give a decent ending, then you've done a pretty good job.

Most of them are quickly skimmed over, hastily ended, or the writer simply doesn't have the heart to continue writing, thus hastily abandoning the story and leaving it unfinished.

To put it bluntly, when creating the novel, the author never considered how it should end.

As a result, there was absolutely no foreshadowing in the early and middle stages, allowing the plot to expand unchecked. When it came time to bring it to a close later on, it was completely impossible and left the reader feeling helpless. Xu Youyu, having been influenced by Xu Rongsheng from a young age and having read a lot of traditional literature, has always valued a clear beginning and end in this regard.

However, the previous book was an entertainment novel, and all the characters in the novel had real-life prototypes, and the storyline could also draw on real-life developments.

So although the later parts were difficult to write, they were still somewhat predictable and had a normal ending.

However, this book, "Gu Dao Chang Qing," is set against the backdrop of the revival of spiritual energy and features a completely original storyline, which makes the later ending even more difficult.

Xu Youyu is the kind of person who is unwilling to ruin his own work, so he spends more time pondering it every day than before.

"I'll help you reorganize the outline when I have time," Li Luo said with a smile, having roughly guessed Xu Youyu's question. "If we organize the later outline framework, it should be much better."

"Can you do it?"

"Why not?" Li Luo chuckled. "You'll know once you try."

"Hmph~" Xu Youyu rolled her eyes at him, but considering that the other person's abilities, whether in writing or in bed, were beyond her reach, she didn't say anything more and tacitly agreed.

After finishing their meal, Li Luo took Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng and prepared to leave, intending to head to Yuan Wanqing's studio.

Xu Youyu took on the task of washing the dishes and waved for them to leave.

After going downstairs, Ying Chanxi didn't want Yan Zhusheng to act silly with Li Luo in her car, so she let Yan Zhusheng drive her own car, and then pulled Li Luo to sit in the back seat of the Mercedes.

"My sister is so stingy." Yan Zhusheng sat in the driver's seat and looked at Ying Chanxi in the back seat, who was holding Li Luo's arm and raising her eyebrows at her. She immediately said, "Li Luo, she even showed off to me."

Li Luo had now seen through the two sisters' tricks. He chuckled and glanced at Ying Chanxi in his arms. She leaned against his chest with her head down, showing no sign of showing off.

"Let's go." Li Luo pinched Ying Chanxi's cheek and said to Yan Zhusheng, "Don't look at the back seat while driving, pay more attention to the road conditions."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng puffed out her cheeks and obediently drove.

Ying Chanxi rarely saw Yan Zhusheng's embarrassed expression, and he was secretly pleased, gradually understanding why his naughty little sister always liked to do this kind of thing.

Li Luo looked down and noticed Ying Chanxi's cute little upturned lips, and couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

But this is actually a good thing.

Although Ying Chanxi had forgiven Ying Zhicheng for keeping Yuan Wanqing a secret from her, she still harbored some resentment.

But now, with their playful bickering and jealous interactions, even though Ying Chanxi seems to enjoy opposing Yan Zhusheng more and more, their sisterly relationship is actually getting closer.

This put Li Luo at ease and reassured her a lot.

Xu Youyu had a good relationship with the two sisters, and when there were only four people in the family, they were able to get along harmoniously.

However, we still need to find a way to deal with the elders.

Li Luo rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on in the car. He then put the matter aside for the time being and started thinking about tonight's live broadcast.

While embracing the warm and soft woman in his arms, Li Luo pondered for a long time. By the time he came to his senses, Yan Zhusheng had already driven into the underground parking lot.

The three of them got out of the car and went to Yuan Wanqing's studio. Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng went to the recording studio first, planning to use their free time in the afternoon to have Luo Fei record the new songs for "The Beginning" again.

Ying Chanxi went straight to the staff office area of ​​the studio, where Yuan Wanqing happened to be. Ying Chanxi quickly went to Yuan Wanqing's side and whispered, "Mom, I'm here."

At this moment, Yuan Wanqing was standing alone at the window, holding a water glass, looking at the street scene outside, and reviewing the live broadcast precautions discussed in the meeting that morning.

Hearing someone call her "Mom" out of the blue, Yuan Wanqing instinctively thought it was Yan Zhusheng who had arrived.

But she quickly realized the voice was off, and when she turned her head and saw Ying Chanxi, she felt a strange joy in her heart, and a smile instantly bloomed on her face.

"Xixi's here? Did you drive here yourself?" Yuan Wanqing said as she walked to the water station next to her, poured Ying Chanxi a glass of warm water, and handed it to her. "Have some water."

"Mm." Ying Chanxi obediently took it, took a small sip, and then said, "Li Luo and Zhu Sheng are here too. Zhu Sheng drove today, but they went to see Aunt Luo Fei, so I came to check on them first."

“I see.” Yuan Wanqing nodded in understanding, and then got down to business. “Miao Yifeng said he would arrive at 2:30 pm. It’s still early. Do you have anything else to do? If not, come with me to the lounge for a while.”

Ying Chanxi originally wanted to say that she had something to do, because in addition to worrying about the Douyin live broadcast, she also wanted to ask for some business resources for Reign Culture.

So right now I'm planning to talk to a Ministry of Commerce employee I know.

However, after a moment's thought, she put the matter aside for the time being, nodded gently in agreement, and obediently followed Yuan Wanqing to the lounge.

With a smile, Yuan Wanqing took Ying Chanxi's hand and led her to the lounge. She brought out some snacks and fruits, brewed a pot of fruit tea, and then took out a beautifully packaged bag from the cabinet and handed it to Ying Chanxi.

"what is this?"

“I recently took on an endorsement deal, and the brand gave me some skincare products that I can’t use up. You can take them and try them out,” Yuan Wanqing said with a smile. “I also bought you and Zhusheng some clothes, which are in the car. Remember to pick them up when you go home tonight.”

"Oh, thank you, Mom." Ying Chanxi accepted the gift obediently and thanked her sweetly.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Wanqing couldn't stop smiling; she felt happiness overflowing from the bottom of her heart.

Although Ying Chanxi had called her "Mom" before, in fact, when they spent time together later, Ying Chanxi mostly subconsciously called her Aunt Yuan.

Yuan Wanqing didn't really mind, since she couldn't force him to change his address at this point.

That's why she was especially happy when Ying Chanxi called her "Mom" again today.

"My sister is here too."

At this moment, Yan Zhusheng pushed open the door and peeked in. When she saw Ying Chanxi, she couldn't help but say, and then she looked at Yuan Wanqing, "Mom, Aunt Luo and Li Luo are calling you over. There's still time this afternoon, so you can chat about the songs in 'The Beginning'."

"Oh, they're here. Xixi, come along too," Yuan Wanqing said, standing up. "And have Xiaoxuan bring these snacks and fruits over as well."

After saying that, Yuan Wanqing led Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng out of the lounge. Looking at her two daughters beside her, Yuan Wanqing's smile became even brighter.

Upon arriving at the recording studio, seeing Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng rushing to Li Luo's side, Yuan Wanqing's smile slowly faded, and she finally couldn't help but hold her forehead and sigh deeply.

(End of this chapter)